Amzi Armstrong
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Amzi Armstrong (1828-1910) and his wife Annie were murdered on November 23, 1910 in Dutch Neck, New Jersey. [1]
On April 22, 1856 he was licensed to preach in New Brunswick, New Jersey. On May 10, 1871 he married Catharine Ann Hoover in Manhattan. She was previously married to Reverend Thomas Hoover of Cranbury, New Jersey. Catharine died on September 16, 1886 and was buried in Westminster Cemetery in Cranbury. He next married Annie Rue (1872-1910) on January 23, 1900. They were both murdered by John Sears who was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair on March 10, 1911. Sears was the nineteenth criminal given the electric chair in New Jersey and the first Mercer County, New Jersey resident.
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- ^ "Murdered Minister and Wife Buried; Throngs Assemble in Dutch Neck as a Last Tribute to Victims", New York Times, November 27, 1910. Retrieved on 2007-05-24. "Trenton, New Jersey, November 26, 1910 -- The funeral of the Rev. Amzi Armstrong and his wife, who were murdered at their home in Dutch Neck last Wednesday night, took place this afternoon at the Presbyterian church in that village. The Rev. Thomas Brown, who succeeded ..."
